New Luigi’s Mansion and Animal Crossing games are coming to Switch! #DailyHotTake

Along with like a billion ports…

Nintendo Directs are always full of surprises. After being delayed a week, Nintendo fans were eager to see just what surprises were waiting inside the September Nintendo Direct. Here’s what the TSG staff had to say on Twitter about some of the announcements made during the Direct using the hashtag #DailyHotTake.

Luigi’s Mansion 3

A surprising start, but given the upcoming Luigi’s Mansion remake it all made sense.

When the footage started, I literally thought this was a 3DS port because the graphics are so lazy. It's disappointing because if Nintendo isn't putting much effort into the art direction, they're probably not putting in their best to the game design either. #DailyHotTakehttps://t.co/KqGXVsyKcL

Nintendo Switch Online trailer had great animation, but the service still seems a bit underwhelming. NES games library is great though and it's very affordably priced. Though I'd probably subscribe just to play Smash online anyway.#DailyHotTake

Detachable NES Controllers

Nintendo revealed the first detachable controllers for Switch that aren’t the traditional joy-con. This gives me hope that we could get GameCube version for the serious Smash players or even an actual virtual console.

At first glance, these NES joy-con are really cool. But they only work on NES games when detached. Perhaps there will be a SNES version later on that work for a wider variety of games. That's probably a much better investment. #DailyHotTake#NintendoDirecthttps://t.co/4Ml0xggnOY

Splatoon 2 revamps Splatfests among other news

Splatfests are changing for the better. Now casual players and more serious players can separate themselves into matches that suit their playstyles better. I've wanted this for years as the matchmaking has been consistently inconsistent. #DailyHotTakehttps://t.co/xljtKSsmt4

Diablo III

I remember playing Diablo 3 when it first came out and loving it. The game has only gotten better with time (and updates) and I am surprised at how excited I am to return to the loot grind and carry #DiabloSwitch around with me wherever I go!#DailyHotTake

Civilization VI develops its way to Switch

Wow. Wow. Wow. Everyone is trying to get on this Switch hype train. Civilization appearing on a console, no less, an underpowered Nintendo handheld means the devs really believe in the little console that could. Not sure if it will pay off. #DailyHotTake#NintendoDirecthttps://t.co/6T7MChgzkf

New Animal Crossing announced

This is the game many fans were waiting for. Nintendo faked us out by showing Isabelle, then introducing her as the next Smash character. We gave up hope that a new AC game would be announced after that, but Nintendo double-crossed fans in the best way possible.

And close the #NintendoDirect with #AnimalCrossingswitch announcement. Great cap to a very dense set of announcements. Though I wish I could join the loyal fans for whom this is a BIG deal, for me, it'll have to be something very special to justify the purchase.#DailyHotTake

Overall Nintendo Direct thoughts

Marcus was a little disappointed at first, noting the massive volume of ports and remakes and lack of new titles. The ports that were most interesting to him were stranded on the outdated 3DS while the ones coming to Switch he found to be less enticing. Evan had a more favorable outlook on this Nintendo Direct.

Wow #NintendoDirect was packed with news. It's a great signal for what's to come, but very little blew me away. Highlight: Luigi's Mansion 3 and Asmodee board games announcements.Low: No new Fire Emblem: Three Houses news. #DailyHotTake

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